Hi, Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 10:18:04 PM, you wrote:
> Yeah, that's the jobbie. Its not that it is amazingly expensive, just expensive for > something that you only use once in a while. Also, I have an LCD at home and want > the version which works with > that, plus I want to calibrate the printer - so £300 for something I use maybe once > a year (if that) hurts a little. I think I would possibly go for it in time anyway, > but due to the nature of its > use, it really seemed to lend itself to being shared by a group. If even 2 or 3 of > us were interested in sharing a set then the price saving would be quite dramatic > and unlike a lens, you would > still benefit from it after you had passed it on. Get it back in 6 months or a year > after it has done the rounds and recheck you cals would be fine. > Have you used the printer tool too? How much difference did you find it made to > you? I guess some will get lucky and find they had a good calibration before use. > Do you have the OptiCal version > or the PhotoCal one? I have the Photocal spider for an LCD display. It cost slightly over £100-. I bought it a few months ago but to be honest I haven't used it yet. I intend to use it when I've bought a decent photo printer, which won't be for some time, so I can do the whole thing end-to-end. I also have a calibration slide, also unused, for my scanner. Theoretically, when it's all done, and I have the right paper & pigment profiles, I should be able to put a slide in at one end and get a nicely matching print out at the other with no need at all for me to make any colour-blind eyeball judgements. -- Cheers, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
